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tekeytyä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fake adjective Not genuine; made to look real in order to deceive.
  • falsify verb To alter information dishonestly, usually to deceive someone.
  • feign verb To pretend to feel or have something that isn't real.
  • pretend verb To act as if something is true or real when it isn't, in order to deceive or as part of play.

Senses

tekeytyä is used for these senses in English:

  • attitudinize To give the appearance of, or make a show of, (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude.
  • fake (transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
  • falsify To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.
  • feign To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
  • pretend (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.

fake — full definition

  1. adjective Not genuine; made to look real in order to deceive.
  2. noun An object, person, or claim that is not what it appears to be.
  3. verb To make something appear real or true when it isn't; to pretend.

falsify — full definition

  1. verb To alter information dishonestly, usually to deceive someone.
  2. verb To prove something to be false.

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